With all crafts, the most important part is gathering the supplies. This is something that must carry on before, during and after a project. So it is a little scary to think about how many supplies I will gather over my pocket scrapbooking project considering it is supposed to be on-going forever!I decided I had best get an album and pocket pages at least so an now the proud owner of an Amy Tangerine album along with a mixture of pocket pages. I decided that I didn't want to limit the style so a mix seemed appropriate though I have noticed that there is a particular style that is very popular which is the A style.

Here is a snapshot of the supplies I have for my first double spread, which will for just one special day, my little boy's 3rd birthday. I decided to get some 'free range' papers as I like to think of them, as they are not from a pocket scrapbooking specific kit but papers that have journaling cards on. I chose Kaisercraft Save the Date paper and will cut out the squares on Hip Hip to create my own 4x4 cards. I also got Cheers and Pinwheel in the same range to use as mats for the photos and pulled out the trusty Simple Stories Say Cheese collection which is getting a good workout! I thought the colours would work well together and there are some cute bits that I really want to use.

Finally, the photos...well that is certainly a bit of a mission. I ended up copying all my photos into another folder and then deleting the ones I did not want to use so I could clearly see what I had. I then used Picasa to create collages for some 3x4 photos. It took AGES! But it was a lot of fun because it was photos from last January and I enjoyed seeing the changes in my kids.PS. Should I mention I think this could be a little addictive....

Now that you have started you realise this is going to become a weird obsession. You will find yourself taking photos of food, footpaths and other completely random day to day stuff ;) Can't wait to see you first spread.

Haha, I was busy looking forward to the 'like' button to like Louises comment! I have got a few of those 'say cheese' papers too, and I bought the cards to slot in with my midnight kit. I always find the sorting and editing of my photos the biggest job!

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I'm Natalia, co-owner of Bali Suga Crafts, mother of two kids and wife of another! I started scrapbooking when I lived in Australia in the back of beyond and made the mistake of going into the local post office....aka the shop I spent the most money in (not that there was a lot to choose from). There I discovered scrapbooking supplies as well as a weekly class on a Tuesday night and haven't looked back since then!